Identification and Evaluation of Development Trends in the Conurbation of the Cities of Martin and Vrútky Over the Last 23 Years

Identifikácia a hodnotenie rozvojových trendov v aglomerácii miest Martin a Vrútky za posledných 23 rokov

Jana Nozdrovická, Martina Turanovičová, Petra Gašparovičová

In: Geografické informácie (Geographical Information), Ročník (Volume) 22, Číslo (Issue) 1, 2018, p. 384-393, ISSN 1337-9453

DOI: 10.17846/GI.2018.22.1.384-393

Abstract

In this paper we evaluate the development trends in the conurbation of the cities of Martin and Vrútky which is situated in the northern part of central Slovakia. Two time frames were chosen for our study. The first is the period from 1993 to 2003. It is the period before the accession of the Slovak republic to the European Union. The second period is from 2003 to 2016 – after Slovakia´s accession to the European Union. The aim of this paper is to identify and evaluate development trends in the conurbation of the cities of Martin and Vrútky based on the comparison of land use changes over the last 23 years. We discovered that there were more significant changes in the first period (1993-2003). The strongest development trend in this area was afforestation which covered and area of 733.12 ha.

Keywords: secondary landscape structure, land use changes, development trends

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